Federal statistics show that Wisconsin is still the nation’s big cheese.

Wisconsin produced 2.65 billion pounds of cheese last year. That accounted for a nation-best 26 percent of the U.S. cheese output in 2009. For the complete story click

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Cheese production values can be obtained from the following URL from within the Understanding Dairy Markets website: http://future.aae.wisc.edu/tab/production.html#9 .